"Clang!..."
But just as Xu Taiping was about to use Overlord's Breath to raise the blade force of this strike to the ultimate realm, a piercing sword cry suddenly exploded above his head, as though it would tear this stretch of heaven and earth apart.
An ancient-looking flying sword appeared with a vast sword shadow, barring the sky above.
Then, beneath the astonished gazes of Xu Taiping and the others, a voice Xu Taiping knew very well suddenly came from the flying sword-
"Young master, Master Xuanzhi just sensed an aura from Outer Heaven appearing nearby. Please take cover at once!"
Xu Taiping's heart jolted at those words.
The voice belonged to Xiahou You.
But before he could consider it carefully, the lotus in his left pupil abruptly bloomed, and Lotus Eye's voice rang out in his mind:
"Xu Taiping, change your blade form! Unity Blade!"
If Xiahou You's words had left Xu Taiping somewhat doubtful, then when Lotus Eye's voice sounded, he scarcely hesitated at all. He abruptly changed his blade form, switching from the Demon-Slaying Blade's Burning Blade Style to the Life-Taking Blade's Unity Blade Form.
"Chink!..."
With the clear ring of metal striking stone as a long blade entered its scabbard, the blade qi thunderflames that had been swirling around Xu Taiping instantly transformed into eighteen layers of protective blade qi, enclosing him layer upon layer.
The two dragons formed from blade qi thunderclap both raised their heads and roared at the sky.
This was precisely the sight that accompanied Xu Taiping's current use of the Life-Taking Blade's Unity Blade Form.
"Boom!-"
Almost the instant Xu Taiping unleashed Unity Blade Form, a dazzling light like a great sun abruptly broke through the firmament overhead without warning, slashing straight down toward where Xu Taiping stood.
At the same